Advertisements
Advertisements
प्रश्न
Long answer question.
Explain the chemical nature, structure and role of phospholipids in the biological membrane.
Advertisements
उत्तर
Chemical nature: Phospholipids are amphiphilic in nature. As they have a hydrophilic head and hydrophobic tail.
Structure: It contains alcohol, two fatty acid chains and a phosphate group.
Role: Phospholipids forms the membranes around the cells and cellular organelles. They form a lipid bilayer membrane. The phospholipids are arranged tail to tail. It serves as a barrier against the movement of any ions or polar compounds into and out of the cell.
APPEARS IN
संबंधित प्रश्न
Answer the following question.
Enlist the significance of carbohydrates.
Answer the following question.
What is reducing sugar?
Answer the following question.
What is RNA? Enlist types of RNA.
Explain the biomolecules building blocks of life.
Long answer question.
Describe the types of lipids and mention their biological significance.
Long answer question.
What are enzymes?
Long answer question.
How are enzymes classified? Mention an example of each class.
Long answer question.
Describe the models for enzyme actions.
Long answer question.
What are the types of RNA? Mention the role of each class of RNA.
Name the term that describes all the chemical reactions taking place in an organism.
